Old cats are cold cats!

With winter upon us, my little tooter, Honey, is really starting to feel the cold.  It doesn't help that her belly is still quite bald from where she over grooms.

This is a really important time of year not just to keep yourself cosy but also to keep your pussy cats cosy. If your cats are outdoor cats please, please make sure they have a reflective collar, preferably with your number on it and if they go awol, please check in surrounding sheds etc as they will try and find a warm (or less draughty) spot. 

As Honey is now about 14 years old and very little (3.2kgs) it's important that we give her a little help to keep warm (I think it is anyway!) 

So I bought her a hoody... I know, I'm mental! I got this off of amazon but I actually think it is too small for her but at least I know she wasn't totally against wearing it! This is really for dogs more than cats but the selection for cats is minimal.  

I also had a therapeutic heat pad lying around from when I used to get a lot of backache and so this is like her own electric blanket that I put on for a while at night, they have these in Argos for £29.99 which actually sounds like quite a lot but you can get them from eBay and amazon ( you can get waterproof ones!)  I use the scarves that I got from poundland for my Cheshire Cat outfit a few weeks ago.  

As for the boys, they are in the livingroom next to the radiator, or on the sofa, or on our bed... They can sleep anywhere and if they are feeling the cold they often snuggle up together - so cute! 

I'll sleep on the sofa then...

Hugs,

Jodi

xxx

P.s. This has been posted on my ipad and so apologies for lack of links and unformatted pics! 

Twinkle twinkle

On Sunday I decided I was gonna pimp my headboard!

I had some voile panels which I think I got from Dunelm Mill or maybe B&Q a few years ago.  We had originally tried to use them to hang on either side of the bed but the cats decided they were far too much fun to climb up!

The voile panels are a shimmery silver and so I decided to use one and wrap it around my headboard.  It's not the neatest but it looks better than the headboard did before, think cats claws and dark hair dyes.

At the back, I just used staples and the legs of the headboard, to hold the voile in place.  

The fairy lights are ones I bought from eBay, they were supposed to be warm white but they are actually just pure (quite bright) white with several different settings, think christmas tree.  I Just use them on the continuous 'on' setting. eBay is pretty good for stuff like this, I think these cost me about £6.50. 

I have sewn on every other fairy light just to keep them secure, Neville was really keen to get at the thread, look at that face! 

Fairy lights are a great alternative to a bedside lamp and make reading a book in bed a lovely, cosy experience.

Have you done anything to perk up your bedroom?

Hugs,

Jodi

xxx